The Story Under Blue Sky
The Story Under Blue Sky By Mahdi Munshi mahdimunsi@gmail.com Graphics By : Aquib Rezwan aquibrezwan0@gmail.com It was a cold January day in 2020. 5 friends from Dhaka University got together in an open tea stall and started their usual gossip about random stuff after getting off of an afternoon class. Suddenly, the topic of the gossip changed into something serious ― what do we expect of a society from the development perspective? Each of the five friends had a wildly divergent point of view. However, eventually, upon discussion, they found a common ground ― a society will really be developed when the fruit of development can be enjoyed equally by its people regardless of their race, gender, religion and caste ― an inclusive society. It was at this point that one of the friends proposed, “Why don't we do something to help achieve this ‘inclusive’ society?”. And that is how the idea for PANDA came. The 5 friends then start pitching their ideas of a unique development organization t